On January 13, 2010, in Conyers, Georgia, a 16-year-old girl frantically waved down a passing patrol car. She and her twin sister had just returned from school to discover a grisly scene. Initially, the teen sisters appeared to be victims of trauma, witnesses to a brutal family murder. But the homicide investigation would reveal a complicated tale of resentment and violence, and lead to a much more sinister truth.

This is the shocking true story of twin sisters Tasmiyah ("Taz") and Jasmiyah ("Jas") Whitehead of Georgia.

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In April 2011, an unimaginable act of horror shook the beautiful, peaceful town of Nantes, France. Investigators discovered a pattern of disturbing behavior and alarming purchases. An aristocrat becomes the prime suspect. A family letter is sent with wild, unbelievable claims. Forget the narrative the police, prosecution, and media have told the world and listen to the evidence. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. This is the true story of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès and the mystery of the family murders. With case updates as of June 2026. Also known as the House of Horrors and the Nantes Massacre.

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In mid-April, late afternoon, amidst the dimming sunlight over the Pacific Ocean, the body of a woman was discovered, and it was missing the right leg. What initially appeared to be a shark attack would reveal other signs of brutal force and violence, and possibly something much more sinister than a monster of the sea. This is the murder mystery of Michelle Von Emster of Ocean Beach, CA.

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When a group of friends comes together for a lovely autumn meal, a casual gathering escalates to murder. The events that culminated in the death of an innocent person revealed a cast of calloused and depraved individuals led by someone whose mind was torn apart by mental illness, or was it just a facade of evil? This is the story of Anu Singh and Joe Cinque of Canberra, Australia.

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In early March 2020, in a small town in Northern Alaska, the body of a young woman was discovered on the Mayor's property, and she wasn't the first. An investigation would expose a pattern of family violence, corruption, and injustice by a system that had sworn to protect them and countless other females. This is the case of Jennifer Kirk and Susanna "Sue Sue" Norton of Kotzebue, Alaska.

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In the Fall of 2007, when a VA Agent contacted the Garland, Texas, police department about a suspicious-looking piece of concrete on a property, what lay beneath it would unfold into a roller coaster of an investigation. A missing person whose family didn’t realize that they had disappeared. A mysterious woman who claimed to be the home’s new owner.  And the revealing of one of the most diabolical plots of murder.

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Within a few weeks of one another near Stockholm, Sweden, suspicious-looking trash bags were found discarded on a motorway. Homicide detectives were stunned and horrified by what lay inside, and the pieces they never found. This investigation would unravel into one of the most controversial and bizarre murder cases in the history of Scandinavia.

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In the summer of 2016, the bodies of two teenagers were discovered along a bridge in the port city of Cirebon. What first appeared to be a tragic motorbike accident would unfold into one of the most mysterious and strange incidents of homicide in the history of Indonesia. Whispers of conspiracy, cries of injustice, and ghostly possession continue to haunt the case today. This is the true story behind the horror film Vina: Before 7 Days

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What makes a monster? How does a small child one day innocently discover a pair of women’s high heels and turn into one of the most sadistic and depraved serial killers in history? This episode unravels the layers of darkness beneath the childhood, deviant adolescence, and the disturbing and violent obsessions of the man who would become known as the Shoe Fetish Slayer.

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The investigators and crime scene analysts who searched the workshop and home of serial killer Jerome “Jerry” Brudos were shocked and horrified by the evidence of evil that lay inside. Their discoveries would result in one of the most macabre and disturbing criminal trials in American history.

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